The hypocrisy of Democrats was demonstrated once again in the recent filing of a class action lawsuit against the Democrat National Committee on behalf of dozens of “field organizers” who claimed they were paid less than minimum wage for their efforts and received no overtime pay despite working far more than 40 hours per week in some cases, according to KYW.

“I think everyone’s reaction is the same. It’s obscene,” said the Pennsylvania attorney who filed the lawsuit, Justin Swidler, upon learning that the DNC Host Committee in charge of the 2016 Democrat convention had just paid out about $1 million in bonus money to certain workers out of leftover funds.

“One of the arguments that the Democrats are making is that they just don’t have the money to pay overtime to their workers,” Swidler explained. “These workers were out there in a campaign that was promising $15 an hour minimum wage and expanding the overtime rights of workers.”

Swidler pointed to one of the lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Bethany Katz, as an example of what some of the other plaintiffs endured, noting that because of their firm commitment to the ideals and values espoused by the Democrat Party, many put in 80 or 90 hours of work per week in the final stretch of the campaign without being justly compensated.

“They got paid a flat salary of $3,000 a month, which isn’t even minimum wage for some of the hours that they were working,” Swidler stated, adding that all the lawsuit seeks is ‘fair pay for fair work’ and to hold the Democrat Party accountable to the ideals it promotes.

Newsweek reported that the Democrat Party’s official 2016 platform included a demand for a $15 federal minimum wage and protections for expanded overtime pay rules put in place by former President Barack Obama that guaranteed overtime pay for more workers.

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But the DNC has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which also named the Pennsylvania Democrat Party and several other state-level affiliated organizations, asserting that none of the plaintiffs were actually employed by the DNC and therefore had no claim.

“While the DNC was not the employer in this case, the DNC follows all employment and wage laws to make sure that everyone who works a full-time job receives a fair wage,” said Michael Tyler, a spokesman for the DNC.

The Washington Examiner noted that the DNC was not alone in being called out for its blatant hypocrisy when it came to the minimum wage, as the Service Employees International Union has also come under fire from its own field organizers for the same reason.

The SEIU — Democrat allies if ever there were any — have been front-and-center in the “Fight for $15” movement, yet many of its own workers and organizers have claimed that they were denied equivalent wages or overtime pay for their efforts, a claim the labor union hasn’t even bothered to deny.

Unsurprisingly, this is little more than the typical hypocritical leftist display of “do as I say, not as I do,” as they have no problem berating Republicans and private businesses for not raising the minimum wage or strictly observing overtime pay rules but balk when it comes time for them to live up to their own rhetoric.

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